Sushi boxes and fresh Japanese food is prepared by on-site chefs using ethically-sourced produce at this Bankside cafe. Yellowfin tuna is line caught and Scottish salmon comes fresh from the Shetland Islands. But its not just raw fish, you can also get free range chicken from the West Country, curries and salads. Chicken, salmon and sirloin steak bento boxes are perfect for a hot and healthy meal, to eat in or take out. Wherever possible, biodegradable packaging is used.

Sushi boxes and fresh Japanese food is prepared by on-site chefs using ethically-sourced produce at this Bankside cafe. Yellowfin tuna is line caught and Scottish salmon comes fresh from the Shetland Islands. But its not just raw..
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On the ground floor of the offices of award-winning architects Allies and Morrison The Table makes an excellent staff canteen (a bit like The River Cafe only here it really is a cafe). When the practice came to design their own offices they decided to convert the bike shed underneath into a cafe. They are also responsible for the entire Blue Fin Building just across the road, as well as landmark projects like the Royal Festival Hall refit and the Peter Harrison Planetarium. King's Cross and the Olympic site's media centre are also significant projects. At The Table prices are surprisingly affordable - especially given the modern architecturally designed space. You can serve yourself from the counter, eat in or takeaway, choosing from the daily changing menu, which is likely to include a fish of the day, homemade tart and sandwiches, complemented by Monmouth's excellent coffee. We recommend coming here for the award-winning weekend brunch - it's what you've worked hard all week for. A real pleasure.

On the ground floor of the offices of award-winning architects Allies and Morrison The Table makes an excellent staff canteen (a bit like The River Cafe only here it really is a cafe). When the practice came to design their own o..
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First Mark Hix brought us Tramshed in Shoreditch then Hixter (now HIX City) came to the City. Both restaurants - where the choice is chicken or steak, to share - have proved so popular that a second Hixter has been brought to the Metal Box Factory, Bankside, round the corner from Tate Modern. Meat is good quality, marbled Himalayan salt dry-aged steak comes from hand-selected cows and chicken is barn-reared at Swainson House Farm in Lancashire. Mains can be top and tailed by starters and puddings which change with the seasons. The large 7,000 square foot Hixter Bankside also includes a Mark's Bar, similar to the original and award-winning Mark's Bar in Soho. Located in the basement, the bar space gives a nod to the building's past with a sunken bar circling the old metal cooling pool, adorned with salvaged cinema-style seating and an art installation by Helen Chadwick that replicates a London underground tube carriage. Two private dining rooms for 8 to 50 guests are the perfect way to feast with friends from a range of private dining menus.

First Mark Hix brought us Tramshed in Shoreditch then Hixter (now HIX City) came to the City. Both restaurants - where the choice is chicken or steak, to share - have proved so popular that a second Hixter has been brought to the..
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On the ground floor of the landmark Blue Fin Building in Southwark, The Refinery is a bar and restaurant owned by Drake & Morgan. Just two minutes from Tate Modern it's well positioned for a post-gallery stop-off. Design-wise, it's a mix of industrial minimalist chic with long wooden tables and benches, plus comfy leather sofas for softer seating. There's a big outdoor terrace overlooking Southwark Street - sometimes given over to petanque and Pimms in the summer. For food, there's a weekend brunch menu which includes eggy brioche bread with maple syrup, banana and fresh strawberries. The traditional fry up includes succulent sausages from Allens of Mayfair and it's surprisingly affordable. Lunch and evening menus include sharing boards and burgers as well as mains of spaghetti, chicken breast or steak and chips. Cocktails come in tea cups and the wine list is short and to the point with all the bases covered and some pudding wines in there too.

On the ground floor of the landmark Blue Fin Building in Southwark, The Refinery is a bar and restaurant owned by Drake & Morgan...
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With one of the best views over London, an eclectic menu based around carefully sourced, seasonal food together with an innovative wine list, the restaurant on the seventh floor of Tate Modern is sure to surpass your expectations. For those who prefer a more relaxed and swift visit, Tate Modern Café: Level 2, winner of the Time Out 2007 Eating & Drinking Awards for Best Family Restaurant, offers freshly baked scones with clotted cream in the afternoon, a carafe of wine on a Friday evening or a family lunch at the weekend.

With one of the best views over London, an eclectic menu based around carefully sourced, seasonal food together with an innovative wine list, the restaurant on the seventh floor of Tate Modern is sure to surpass your expectations..
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Classical North Italian cooking is the fare at the Union Street Cafe, a Borough restaurant owned by Gordon Ramsay (and, for a short time at least, David Beckham). Ramsay's first opening in London since Bread Street Kitchen in 2011, Union Street Cafe is his tenth restaurant in Britain and it's "far from atrocious" writes Matthew Norman in the Telegraph. Interior designer Russell Sage has gone for the industrial chic/New York loft look, with exposed pipes and bare, table cloth-free wooden tables. But don't be fooled by the casual apperance, says David Sexton in the Evening Standard, the Union Street Cafe is "an ambitious ristorante in street disguise". On the menu, which changes daily, are some surprisingly affordable dishes including lasagne tradizionale. The focus on seasonal ingredients from the Mediterranean has an emphasis on Italian artisan producers, complimented with what is available from the neighbouring Borough and Maltby Street markets.

Classical North Italian cooking is the fare at the Union Street Cafe, a Borough restaurant owned by Gordon Ramsay (and, for a sho..
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There are problems with this restaurant on the top level of the Globe Theatre: a terrible acoustic makes it horribly loud when full, and the decor can't decide if its quirky contemporary or Renaissance twee. What cannot be faulted is the kitchen, which performs some staggering feats of cookery based on simple British ingredients like crab, pigeon, belly pork and calves liver. Its rich, buttery stuff, accompanied by a wine list that would have made Falstaff very happy indeed. The views are also, of course, incredible (though you need to specify your table if you want one), so if it gets too noisy, you can simply eat in silence, watching rapt as the Thames drifts past this most extraordinary building.

There are problems with this restaurant on the top level of the Globe Theatre: a terrible acoustic makes it horribly loud when fu..
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Venture into the past at Boot and Flogger, opened in 1964 and decked out with old-style furniture and fashionably-worn wood panelling. Dine on smoked fish and succulent meats, and choose from the exquisite wine list that Davy's is renowned for, offering fulsome blends by the glass and bottle. A separate fine wines list allows for indulgence, with special vintage labels. Relax in an extravagant leather armchair or sip in the sun on the outdoor patio.

Venture into the past at Boot and Flogger, opened in 1964 and decked out with old-style furniture and fashionably-worn wood panelling. Dine on smoked fish and succulent meats, and choose from the exquisite wine list that Davy's ..
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Bright and modern, Pizza Express Bankside offers an exciting reinvention of Italian classics. A vibrant menu includes wholesome Romana-style pizzas with adventurous topping combinations, as well as fresh salads, an impressive range behind the bar and aromatic coffee blends. Family-friendly Pizza Express gives kids the chance to design their own pizzas.

Bright and modern, Pizza Express Bankside offers an exciting reinvention of Italian classics. A vibrant menu includes wholesome Romana-style pizzas with adventurous topping combinations, as well as fresh salads, an impressive ran..
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The menu at this Chocolate Factory has no golden eggs or endlessly chewable bubble gum on it and, on the night we went anyway, there were no little orange men or rivers of chocolate. The name refers to the building's former incarnation and although some of the industrial ambiance has been retained - with exposed brick, iron columns and rough wooden beams - these days you're more likely to catch a play, an exhibition and a good meal here. The food is of the reliable modern British type - braised lamb biryani, free range pork sausages or a good old fashioned burger and chips plus some sociable sharing platters. Part of the fun is trying to spot cast members from the play you've just seen tucking into Ribeye steak. Pudding includes sweet things like peach and mascarpone tart with ginger crumb and, of course, they couldn't get away without offering a chocolate treat - if only to keep the Oompa Loompas happy. Excellent chocolate brownie is served with chocolate sauce; Willy Wonka would most certainly approve.

The menu at this Chocolate Factory has no golden eggs or endlessly chewable bubble gum on it and, on the night we went anyway, there were no little orange men or rivers of chocolate. The name refers to the building's former inca..
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Albion is a café and small shop where the vast majority of the food and drink products are British. The café serves breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and supper. Following the success of the first Albion, located in Shoreditch, we are pleased to have opened at NEO Bankside in Southwark. Located just behind Tate Modern, the new Albion provides an everyday resource for the nearby office community, local residents and tourists alike. The café seats 95 inside and a further 45 outside on our covered and heated terrace. We have a take-away coffee counter and offer an extensive selection of breakfast pastries, buns and bakery goods. We also have a small bar and a food market. Feel free to call in for anything from a mid-morning coffee to an afternoon pot of tea with some biscuits or fruit cake. Equally, a glass of wine or beer after work. Everybody is welcome, whatever the time of day.

Albion is a café and small shop where the vast majority of the food and drink products are British. The café serves breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and supper. Following the success of the first Albion, located in Shoreditch,..
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Carlo’s Kitchen combines the best of traditional Italian recipes with fresh, local ingredients. Our thin-crust margherita pizza is stone baked with crushed tomatoes, fresh basil, and creamy mozzarella. Each of our signature pasta dishes is prepared with made-to-order
sauces, customized to your request. We bake all bread hourly from scratch and our desserts are house-made. We offer all the comforts of home cooking in a relaxed, inviting atmosphere.

Carlo’s Kitchen combines the best of traditional Italian recipes with fresh, local ingredients. Our thin-crust margherita pizza is stone baked with crushed tomatoes, fresh basil, and creamy mozzarella. Each of our signature pasta..
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Memphis meaty ribs, gently smoked over hickory wood, and served with Americana-inspired cocktails are the order of the day at Porky's BBQ, the Bankside restaurant set up by husband and wife team Joy and Simon Brigg following inspirational road trips to America. Barbecue is at the heart of Porky's, which has already seen success with Porky's in Camden. Memphis does it best, it seems, and Porky's aims to recreate the rich flavours of Memphis BBQ. That means pulled pork that's been cooked low and slow (for over 16 hours) in the smokers they have imported from Oklahoma. Burgers - 6oz homemade 100 per cent British beef pattie with lettuce, tomato and onion in a sesame bun - can be pimped to become a porky burger when they're topped with pulled pork, crispy bacon and jack cheese. Meaty ribs and rib tips, homemade BBQ sauce, juicy burgers, whole smoked chickens are also on offer. Best washed down with a 'tex-mex smash' cocktail, cold American, local craft beer, or a shot of pickleback (bourbon chased with hommade pickle juice) while listening to classic Tennessee tunes.

Memphis meaty ribs, gently smoked over hickory wood, and served with Americana-inspired cocktails are the order of the day at Porky's BBQ, the Bankside restaurant set up by husband and wife team Joy and Simon Brigg following insp..
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Wright Brothers supply oysters to some of the finest chefs at London’s top hotels and restaurants and have an extensive range from the Pacific Northwest as well as French, English, Scottish and Irish waters. For a minimum of faff you can have a dozen oysters delivered to your door (for a fee) plus they promise a variety of flavours – sweet, woody, earthy, creamy, nutty – to suit your particular passion…

Wright Brothers supply oysters to some of the finest chefs at London’s top hotels and restaurants and have an extensive range from the Pacific Northwest as well as French, English, Scottish and Irish waters. For a minimum of faff..
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